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Pilgrimage of Service
2010 - July 2010 - March
2009 - July 2009 - January 2008 - June 2008 - January
2007 - July 2007 - February 2006 - July Link to Trips prior to 2006
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Pilgrimage of Service: Summer 2007 - Angola

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Team to Angola
July 1 - July 22, 2007

Lynn Cole—Exec. Dir., RISE International -
     Team leader
Doug Bergeson—Private Investor—Co-Leader
Eliot Andre—Student
Ben Babbitt—Student
Mitchell Bergeson—Student
Rachel Cole—Student
Mary Ellen Daneels—Teacher, Community H.S.
Susan Ekstrom—RN/Licensed Massage Therapist
Nate Kaiser—Architect, self-employed
Meghan McGuinness—Photographer, self-employed
Mollye Moore—Educational Assoc., Glenview Schools
Larissa Mulholland—Teacher/Coordinator, Childcare
     Network of Evanston, Columbia College
Al Ross—Social worker/Certified Family Therapist,
     Haven Youth and Family Services, Loyola Univ.
Susie Thorngren—Counselor/Health Education
     Teacher, New Trier H.S.

Team Translators:
Eli Abel, Moreno Abelardo, Flora Abreu, Nelito Abreu, Tomas Chipilika, Justina Chivunga, Albano George, Sergio Soares, Adriano Huambo, Salomon Soares

Team Objectives

1.  Encourage, support and empower people that have endured endless suffering, conveying the
     partnership, enthusiasm and care of those in the US—churches, schools and small groups
     working together to help rebuild lives and communities.
2.  Extend the heart of RISE's vision, which is about relationships, deepening our mutual
     understanding and concern for one another, focusing on people, sharing our lives.
3.  Offer training and support to teachers, principals, parents, church, and community leaders. **
4.  Visit RISE school sites, document, assess and strategize the Schools for Angola program.
     Attend school dedication/ celebrations!
5.  Participate in the physical building of two RISE schools.
6.  Video/photo—to be able to convey life in Angola and the building of a school, the need and
     opportunity to those in the US.
**for further information, click here: Workshops Summary

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